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I was just browing Wikipedia, as you do, and came across a quite fascinating page, which sums up pretty much everything that is known already, but also adds quite a few interestings facts, as well as links to comparison sites, and as I haven't seen a discussion about edits, or anything to do with any of this kind of stuff in a long time I thought I might as well make a post about it.

Thought this was a pretty awesome mini-story, if it's true!

In some instances Japanese studios have refused to allow their work to be censored as a precondition of signing a U.S. release contracts.

One example is Studio Ghibli, which allowed its catalog to be dubbed into English by Walt Disney, on the condition that no frames were removed or airbrushed, and that the dialog was not significantly changed. The company is well-known for its strict "no-edits" policy in licensing their films abroad. The "no cuts" policy was highlighted when Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein suggested editing Princess Mononoke to make it more marketable. In response, one of Studio Ghibli producers sent an authentic katana with a simple message: "No cuts".

As a result of this, Disney released uncensored version of all but two of Studio Ghibli's works that included partial nudity, death, violence and other more adult concepts/moments. The exceptions to this were Pom Poko in which Ghibli permitted a low level dialog change to remove references to testicles (replacing it with the more innocuous term "raccoon pouch"), and Only Yesterday which Disney decided not to release because it contained several references to menstruation that it was not permitted to censor (Only Yesterday was released in Canada, and in the UK under a different distribution label. Disney still maintains the U.S. release rights).
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Nothing much to discuss I guess, but I thought it was worth a read =)

EDIT: Wow, sorry, how did I forget to put the link in o_O.

Here it is
 
melonpan said:
The "no cuts" policy was highlighted when Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein suggested editing Princess Mononoke to make it more marketable. In response, one of Studio Ghibli producers sent an authentic katana with a simple message: "No cuts"
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Hah, great! Bet that scared the crap of the Disney executives, though I do wonder if it's actually true.
 
Wildcard said:
melonpan said:
The "no cuts" policy was highlighted when Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein suggested editing Princess Mononoke to make it more marketable. In response, one of Studio Ghibli producers sent an authentic katana with a simple message: "No cuts"
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Hah, great! Bet that scared the crap of the Disney executives, though I do wonder if it's actually true.
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Yes, I remember Miyazaki saying a producer sent it. Amusing.
 
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